- November–December 2021
Welcome to Rapunzel! In a land where art has been banned and all the Dames have been banished, can this kingdom be brought back to life?
In a dastardly plan to keep them away from his crown, the evil King sends his nephew and niece, Prince Victor and Princess Stella, on a quest to save Rapunzel from her dragon-guarded tower in the hopes that they perish. Along the way they instead encounter adventure, hilarity, and friendship. Join Victor and Stella on their way to save Rapunzel and, ultimately, the entire kingdom.
Rapunzel brings live pantomimes back with a queer and colourful bang. A celebration of individuality and self-love, Rapunzel is not to be missed.
- October 2021
Salmonella is the Footlights Harry Porter Prize Play Winner for 2020, judged by comedian and ex-Footlight, Phil Wang.
Salmonella follows the young adult life of best friends Sam and Ella as they navigate early adulthood and all the laughter and tears that come with it! Meanwhile, 60 years on, in the old people's home, Sam and Ella reminisce on their youth together and consider...how much has really changed?
The play takes us through the ups and downs of early adulthood, charting the downright ridiculous scenarios that the two get into in their new flat together.
- October 2021
- October 2021
- June 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
🍆🍒🥦Growing Pains is BACK! We actually never left...but now we have a performance slot! And this time, we're taking over THE BIG SCREEN (well...most likely your laptop screen...but STILL!)🍆🍒🥦
Petits Filous, puberty, podcasts: the growing gets tough. Growing Pains will explore the freaky foibles of growth and change: intergenerational mishaps, kids who want to be adults, adults who want to be kids and how much has YOUR sourdough starter grown?
This array of sketches will take you through the garden centre of life where we are forced to confront both the familiar and the fantastical: Whether it's an over-woke grandparent educating their dearest alt-right grandkids, an anarchist amoeba resisting evolution, or a medieval baron going on a date with an Instagram influencer...
Growing Pains looks at the growth of me, you, your nan, the world, the stock markets and maybe even your two front teeth? Growing, growing, gone!
- March 2021
Featuring a lineup of all-BIPOC comedians, Footlights brings you the funniest songs, sketches, monologues and stand-up in an hour of non-stop, back-to-back fun-filled hilarity. The material is always original and always varied. It can be soft and silly, rude and spiky, wordy and nerdy, or a little surreal; whatever the style, it's always 'uproariously funny' (Varsity).
- March 2021
Sleeping Beauty is rudely awoken from her slumber. Marry Prince Charming?! Thanks but no thanks - a better adventure is calling.
Join our hero as you've never seen her before as she enters the world of work under evil bosses, Jake and Will Grimm, and on her very first shift must undertake a dangerous mission to find an escaped Panto Horse and save her colleagues' jobs. She sets off journeying through a series of absurd pantomimes in pursuit of the horse, only to discover that everything is not as it seems...
Sleeping Beauty and her friends must work together, find the horse and ship the baddies off - next day delivery.
- March 2021
After the success of the inaugural Disability smoker, we're excited to bring you another rib-bursting night of virtual comedy from self-identifying disabled students and students dealing with mental health.
- February 2021
- February 2021
Catch our live-stream of some of the finest comedy Cambridge has to offer and get those giggles in whilst you still can! The Cambridge Footlights bring you an hour of brilliant comedy, ranging from sketch, to stand-up, comedy song, monologues, or maybe dance. Whatever the style, it's always 'uproariously funny' (Varsity).
- February 2021
Lockdown hit for the third time and Footlights Presents: Growing Pains has had to be postponed :(
But you know what they say: when the fun stops...KEEP! THE! COMEDY! GOING!
While we try and bring you Growing Pains in whatever form we can, the cast and crew have focused their efforts on generating some groovy original sketch material! And this time, they've hit the airwaves...
Tune in at 9pm for half an hour of zany radio fun to get you through the lockdown blues.
- February 2021
The Cambridge Footlights bring you ANOTHER hilarious hour of comedy from our Freshers - Freshers by age, by nature, by the fact that THIS is their first foray into the world of Cambridge comedy! Get ready to laugh and cry (because you're laughing so much) at these comedy 'virgins'' stand-up, sketch, song and character comedy - all from the comfort of your very own live-stream!
- December 2020
Introducing The Cambridge Footlights Christmas Smoker for some of Cambridge's most talented student comedians!
- December 2020
Featuring a lineup of all-BIPOC comedians, Footlights brings you the funniest songs, sketches, monologues and stand-up in an hour of non-stop, back-to-back fun-filled hilarity. The material is always original and always varied. It can be soft and silly, rude and spiky, wordy and nerdy, or a little surreal; whatever the style, it's always 'uproariously funny' (Varsity).
- November 2020
OUR LAST SMOKER OF THE TERM!! WHAT?! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?! Catch our live-stream of some of the finest comedy Cambridge has to offer and get those giggles in whilst you still can! The Cambridge Footlights bring you an hour of brilliant comedy, ranging from sketch, to stand-up, comedy song, monologues, or maybe dance. Whatever the style, it's always 'uproariously funny' (Varsity).
- November 2020
The Cambridge Footlights bring you ANOTHER hilarious hour of comedy from our Freshers - Freshers by age, by nature, by the fact that THIS is their first foray into the world of Cambridge comedy! Get ready to laugh and cry (because you're laughing so much) at these comedy 'virgins'' stand-up, sketch, song and character comedy - all from the comfort of your very own live-stream!
- November 2020
The Cambridge Footlights bring you a hilarious hour of comedy from our incoming Freshers - Freshers by age, by nature, by the fact that THIS is their first foray into the world of Cambridge comedy! Get ready to laugh and cry (because you're laughing so much) at these comedy 'virgins'' stand-up, sketch, song and character comedy - all from the comfort of your very own live-stream!
- October 2020
The Cambridge Footlights extend a warm welcome BACK TO SCHOOL with our first Smoker of the term and the year ! Expect the same hilarious hour of sketch, stand-up, songs and character comedy with faces new and old - this time, live-streamed to your very own bed! Get that boxed wine and popcorn out and prepare to laugh and giggle and roar at some of the finest comedy Cambridge has to offer!
- June 2020
Come and have a laugh and a giggle and a drink at an hour of hilarious character, sketch, song and stand up comedy from some of Cambridge's best comedians. It's the same hilarious Smoker you all know and love, but this time it's from the comfort of your own home!
- June–October 2020
‘The most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (The Independent) embark on another exceptional world tour, performing to over twenty thousand people across two continents.
Last year's tour travelled to London, Edinburgh, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Cambridge, and many more.
Don’t miss your chance to see the latest on offer from the group that launched many of the greatest names in British comedy, including Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, John Oliver, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Richard Ayoade, Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins and John Cleese.
- May 2020
Come and have a laugh and a giggle and a drink at an hour of hilarious character, sketch, song and stand up comedy from some of Cambridge's best comedians. It's the same hilarious Smoker you all know and love, but this time it's from the comfort of your own home!
- May 2020
Come and have a laugh and a giggle and a drink at an hour of hilarious character, sketch, song and stand up comedy from some of Cambridge's best comedians. It's the same hilarious Smoker you all know and love, but this time it's from the comfort of your own home!
- May 2020
The Footlights Stand-up Showcase brings you the freshest stand-up comedy from one of the oldest and most famous comedy groups in the UK, but this time it's digital!
After a 'decided success' (Varsity) in 2019, it is sure to be an unmissable night that will have you bent double with laughter. Including past footage from graduating and post-grad comedians, this year our showcase is brought straight to your screen!
Don't miss your chance to see the show from the group that launched many of the greatest names in comedy, including Peter Cook, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Sandi Toksvig, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Sue Perkins and Richard Ayoade.
- April 2020
Come and have a laugh and a giggle and a drink at an hour of hilarious character, sketch, song and stand up comedy from some of Cambridge's best comedians. It's the same hilarious Smoker you all know and love, but this time it's from the comfort of your own home!
- February 2020
Hello? HELLO? It’s the Footlights! No, the FOOTLIGHTS! No, don’t hang up — Just calling to say I think we had a bit of a wire-cross moment, and you forgot to get your tickets to the Footlights Spring Revue 2020: Crossed Wires. Bringing together all of the talents of the Cambridge Footlights for the only time in the year, a unique show that is sure to leave you laughing at the other end of the line.
Press one for your tickets, press two for your tickets, press three for your tickets, and join us for an hour of sketches, silliness, and laughter.
- November–December 2019
It’s not easy being Red. Growing up on the edge of the woods, with only her mum for company, Red wants more from life.
As she runs into the forest in search of answers, Red encounters a world beyond her wildest imagination. On her journey, she is reunited with her estranged father, Robin, and gets a taste of a new life. But when he’s not quite what she bargained for, Red must find her way through a forest full of magic, danger and Big Bad villains. Join Red on an epic adventure, as she grows up and begins to learn the value of family.
- October 2019
Footlights bring you the funniest songs, sketches, monologues and stand-up in an hour of non-stop, back-to-back, fun-filled hilarity. The material is always original and always varied. It can be soft and silly, rude and spiky, wordy and nerdy, or a little surreal. Whatever the style, it's always 'uproariously funny' (Varsity).
- October 2019
The Cambridge Footlights bring you an hour of brilliant comedy, ranging from sketch, to stand-up, comedy song, monologues, or maybe dance. Whatever the style, it's always 'uproariously funny' (Varsity).
- August 2019
An hour of stand-up, songs, sketches and much more, from the Cambridge Footlights – alumni include Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, David Mitchell, Emma Thompson, Richard Ayoade, the cast of The Inbetweeners and many more. Come and see some of the brightest up-and-coming comedians for free, with a different line-up every night!
- June 2019
Welcome to the Earth exhibit. No touching. No flash photography.
Join five real-life human beings as they take you on a whirlwind tour of their bizarre little planet, seen from the outside for the very first time! Forget everything you think you know and learn it all again in this spectacular, sketch-shaped trip through the kinks and quirks of life on Earth.
‘The most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (The Independent) embark on another exceptional world tour, performing to over twenty thousand people across two continents. This year’s tour travels to London, Edinburgh, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Cambridge, and many more. Don’t miss your chance to see the latest on offer from the group that launched many of the greatest names in British comedy, including Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, John Oliver, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Richard Ayoade, Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins and John Cleese.
- May 2019
When Ali begins her new job at Magic's Supermarket, something seems a little odd. One journey into the walk-in fridge later and she finds herself in a strangely new world – full of consumerist creatures, conniving councils and clandestine conspiracies which shake her very perceptions of reality. Who lies behind the shop’s shelves? And what secrets are the self-checkouts hiding? By the end, there’ll be anarchy in the aisles and bedlam in the biscuit section.
Selected by Alex Horne as the winner of the Footlights’ Harry Porter Prize 2019, Market Magic promises to take customer service where no comedy has before.
- May 2019
The Footlights bring you the funniest songs, sketches, monologues and stand-up in an hour of non-stop, back-to-back fun-filled hilarity. The material is always original and always varied. It can be soft and silly, rude and spiky, wordy and nerdy or a little surreal; whatever the style, it's always 'uproariously funny' (Varsity).
- March 2019
The Cambridge Footlights are back at the Arts Theatre by popular demand, with two nights of hilarious new comedy!
Cambridge Footlights are the world-famous comedy troupe who first aired the talents of some of the foremost British comedians and actors of this century. Founded in 1880, this university drama society boasts an impressive alumni including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Trevor Nunn and Peter Shaffer.
Join Footlights for two nights showcasing the finest sketches, songs and stand-up from some of the country’s finest student comedians. Early booking is highly recommended!
- March 2019
The Cambridge Footlights and the Fletcher Players are back, with a brand new panel show! For one night only, two teams of top Cambridge comedy talent will compete to become the masters of McCrum - for this year at least...
